Epilepsy News

Posted July 26, 2007:

• Brain Implant Could Predict And Stop Epilepsy Seizures

Posted July 24, 2007:

• The Future Of Medicine: Insert Chip, Cure Disease?

Posted July 19, 2007:

• New Mechanism Found For Memory Storage In Brain

Posted July 16, 2007:

• Evidence Found For Novel Brain Cell Communication

Posted July 6, 2007:

• Epilepsy Means Three Times Higher Risk Of Committing Suicide, Study Suggests

Posted July 3, 2007:

• Damping The Odds That Fireworks Will Spark Seizures

Posted June 8, 2007:

• Millions Of Children With Epilepsy Denied Drug That Costs Less Than $3 A Year

Posted June 7, 2007:

• Experts Call For Urgent Research Into Antiepileptic Drugs Given To Children

Posted June 4, 2007:

• After Epilepsy Surgery, Quality Of Life Related More To Seizures Than Memory

Posted June 1, 2007:

• Brain Surgery Guided By 3-D Imaging Of Tiny Structures Reduce Risk For Patients With Epilepsy, Cancer And More

Posted May 30, 2007:

• How Brain Pacemakers Erase Diseased Messages

Posted May 28, 2007:

• Human Herpes Virus 6B Is Associated With Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Posted May 25, 2007:

• Insects' Nervous Systems May Provide Clues On Neurodegenerative Diseases

Posted May 7, 2007:

• SUMO Wrestling In The Brain

Posted May 3, 2007:

• Epilepsy Drug Valproate Used During Pregnancy Linked To Lower IQ in Children, According To Study

Posted April 30, 2007:

• Epileptic Seizures Affected By Estrogen

Posted April 27, 2007:

• Anti-Dandruff Compound May Help Fight Epilepsy

Posted April 25, 2007:

• Children With Epilepsy Seizures May Benefit From New Animal Model Of Disease

Posted April 23, 2007:

• New Genes Identified In Childhood Fever-Related Seizures

Posted April 9, 2007:

• Epilepsy Drug With New Method Of Action Is Safe, Effective, Study Shows

Posted April 5, 2007:

• New Drug Shows Promise For Treating Epileptic Seizures

Posted March 27, 2007:

• Pulsing Light Silences Overactive Neurons

Posted March 14, 2007:

• Anti-Epileptic Drugs May Help Prevent And Treat Noise-Induced Hearing Loss

Posted March 7, 2007:

• Neurological Disorders Affect Millions Globally: WHO Report
• Light-Activated Compound Silences Nerves, May One Day Help Epileptics

Posted March 5, 2007:

• Does Tooth-Brushing Cause Epilepsy Seizures?
• Scientists Explain Inception Of Perception In The Brain
• Sunny Days Pose Risk Of 'Flicker Illness' For A Few Airlifted Patients

Posted March 2, 2007:

• Rare Cell Prevents Rampant Brain Activity

Posted February 6, 2007:

• No More Seizures? New Drug Holds Promise For Epilepsy Patients

Posted January 24, 2007:

• Complex Channels: Scientists Discover How Ion Channels Are Organized To Control Nerve Cell Communication

Posted January 22, 2007:

• Can Epilepsy Patients Predict Their Seizures?
• Dogs May Be Responding To Psychological Seizures, Not Epilepsy Seizures

Posted December 21, 2006:

• New Neurons Could Act To Alleviate Epilepsy

Posted November 9, 2006:

• Gene Therapy Inhibits Epilepsy In Animals

Posted October 24, 2006:

• Many Teens Lose Migraines As They Reach Adulthood

Posted October 18, 2006:

• How Brain Injury Leads To Seizures, Memory Problems

Posted October 15, 2006:

• Commonplace Sugar Compound Silences Seizures

Posted October 11, 2006:

• Teenager Moves Video Icons Just By Imagination

Posted September 15, 2006:

• New Treatments For Epilepsy Use Implantable Devices

Posted September 14, 2006:

• Slow Brain Waves Play Key Role In Coordinating Complex Activity

Posted September 12, 2006:

• Epilepsy Breakthrough On Horizon: MIT Developing Device To Detect Oncoming Seizures

Posted September 11, 2006:

• Epilepsy Medication Proving Ineffective Over Time; Patients Showing Tolerance To Traditional Drugs

Posted August 18, 2006:

• Healing Potential Discovered In Everyday Human Brain Cells

Posted August 17, 2006:

• Brain's Cannabinoid System 'Mellows' Seizures

Posted August 15, 2006:

• Boosting Key Protein In Brain Could Improve Seizure Treatment

Posted August 14, 2006:

• Epilepsy Drug Poses High Risk For Fetal Death And Birth Defects

Posted July 26, 2006:

• Brain Pacemaker: UCLA Develops Unique Nerve-Stimulation Epilepsy Treatment

Posted June 26, 2006:

• Cell Phone Emissions Excite The Brain Cortex

Posted June 20, 2006:

• Septum Keeps Neurons In Synch, Can Reduce Epileptic Seizures By 90 Percent

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